The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-25

l think sectsrianism and bigotry alsC
rise from too great prominence of any one
denomination in a community. All the
other denominations are wrong, and his
denomination is right because his dsnomi.
nation is the most wealthy, or the most
popular. or the most influential, and il is
"our" church, and "our" religious organ.
ization, aud "our" choir, and "our'' min.
lister, and the man losses his head and
wants other denominations to- know their
places. II il great deal better i'm any
community when the great deuomiu atoms
of Christians are about equal in power,
marching side by side for the worlds con.
quest. Mere outside prosperity, mere
worldly power. is no evidence that the
church is acceptable to God. Better a
barn with Christ in the mauger than a
cathedral with magnificent harmonies
rolling through the lonE-drawn aisle, and
an angel from Heaven in the pulpit, il
there I've no Christ in the CAaucal and no
Christ in the robes. BiGotry il often the
child Of ignorance.
You seldom find a man with large in
teilsct who is n higOt. IL i the man who
thinks he Knows great deal. hut does not.
That man is almost ALWAYS q higot. The
whole tendency of education and Civiliza-
ton is t. bring Il man out of that kind Of
state OF mind and heart There was i'll the
far EaS a great ohel>k, and one side of
the Ohrlisk was white, another side Of the
ohcli>k was green. another side OF the
obelisk was blue, and travellers went and
looked at that obelisk, hut they did not
walk around il. One man looked at one
side, another at another side. and they
came home, each one looking ut only one
side: and they happened to meet, the
story says; and they got into u rank
quarrel about the color Of that obelSk.
One man said it was white, another man
said il was green. another man said it was
blue, and when they were in the very heat
of the controversy Il more intelligent
traveller came. and said: "C;entlemen, |
have seen that obeljsk and Won are all
right, and YOU are all wrong. Why
didn't YOU walk all around the oheliSk ="
Look out for the man who sees only one
Sids OF a religious truth. Lock out for the
man who never walks around about these
great theories Of God aud eternity and the
dead. He will he bigot inevitably the
man who only sees one side. There is no
man more to be pitied than he who has in
his head Just one idca--no more, no less.
More light, less sectariauSn. There is
nothing that will So soon kill hgotry 3
sunshine --God's sunshine.
So have | set before YOU what I con-
slider to he the causes Of bigotry. | have
set before Nou the ori lin OF thi, great evil.
W hat are some of ths haneful effects: First
of all, It criPpIcS investigation. Iou are
wrong and | am right. and that ends it.
No taste for exploration, no spirit of inves-
LEGATION. From the glorious realm of Gods
truth. over which an archanIel might H.
from eternity to eternity and not reach
the limit, the man shuts himself ont and
dies, bind mole under "A corn->hock. 1t
stops all investigation.
While each denomination II the
Christians is to present all the truths of
the Bible. it seems to me that God has
given to each denomination an especial
mission To civ" particular emphasis TO
some one doctrine: and 50 tue CalviniStiC
churches must present the sovereignty of
Gou, and the Arminan churches must pre-
sent mans free agency, and the Episcopal
churches must present the Importance of
order and solemn ceremony. and the
Baptist churches must present the neceS.
sity Of ordinances, aud the Congregation
al Church must present the responsibility
Of +ba individraI r,cp,I,a,. and Tho
NethoIist Chnrch must chow, what holy
haort,- CONGREGATIONAL sin.r-
inc can occomnlisb Viii. .,cb dopn,ni.
nation of Chrittians. r,ust ST forth oI1 tha
doctrines of tba Rnlo r,.aIit ia asDccia1Iv
incumbent upnn each denomination to mt
er,,,hasi. ~, anna o,a doctrina
Ano.ha,. ,,r.o+ dar,eoo aora Inv +ba soo-
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